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Libya's Prime Minister Ahmed Maitiq on Wednesday called for a national dialogue to reach a peace solution between the "coup" general and all related groups.
Maitiq said that he welcomed all involved parties to hold a comprehensive dialogue. "Any expression through weapons was not acceptable ... It is time to understand the importance that Libyans should be together and united," Maitiq said.
Maitiq's statement came days after Major General Khalifa Haftar led a series of military actions against the country's interim parliament in the name of "purging terrorists" and tried to force the parliament to abandon power.
His maneuvers have been condemned as a "coup" by the parliament, but he has gained more allies recently as some political parties, army officials and armed groups all showed their support to him.
For the past two days clashes have sporadically erupted between pro- and anti-Hafter militias in and around Tripoli. Gunfire and explosions could be heard every several hours.
President of Libya's interim parliament Nouri Abu Sahmain on Monday called a militia from Misrata for help, asking them to confront the "attempts to take over power" in Tripoli. But some lawmakers were holding meetings, trying to figure out a peace solution.
Since the downfall of Gaddafi in 2011, Libya has become an arena for different interest groups who all tried to fill the power vacuum in the North African Country.
